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Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean

An "achtformige" bronze lamp from Ptuj/Poetovio

2019, 28, No. 1

Laurent Chrzanovski

0000-0002-1554-6538

Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania

Alexandra Nestorović

Regional Museum Ptuj-Ormož, Ptuj, Slovenia

DOI

10.31338/uw.2083-537X.pam28.1.14

Publication date

31.12.2019

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open access

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CC BY 4.0 Int.

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Humanities

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archeology

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English

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Abstract

This research highlights a recent discovery, at Poetovio, among a huge number of standard imported Roman oil lamps, of an open-shape copper-alloy lamp to be used with tallow (type Loeschcke XXV). This form, together with its clay counterpart (type Loeschcke XI), is typical of the northern Roman limes provinces where its production and usage was almost exclusive. To understand the uniqueness of this find so far south, the authors have mapped all the known parallels made of different metals. They also present a short introduction to the very eclectic clay variant, which is marginal almost everywhere except for Trier, where it constitutes by far the most common type, quantitatively speaking, of Roman lamps found in situ.

Keywords:

Slovenia,Poetovio/Ptuj,Roman bronze lamp,northern limes type

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